Hey! Glad you're writing about it with two good hands. Count your blessings. There could've been a pole, an oncoming car, or in a construction zone....a Big Mack . You (almost) walked away from a potential last stand. It'll make a great story for the grandkids one day. A framed pic of you beside the mangled mess with your arm around it, talking like old war buddies....

Cage it for a bit while dreaming of the next big adventure and be thankful you still can..

Take care.

Don't forget to tell insurance it has a new cam chain and oil pump gear, that'll raise the stakes!

Awh man, thats terrible... and scary, i'm imagine it must have been like Chi crash....
Glad you'r okay, and also think it's great you won't stop riding.

Do you remeber hearing the tire Pop? are you shure it wasn't one of those dreaded bearing failures?

Cheers
Keep on riding, and hope you don't abandone us here on PArallel Universe, you're one of the good few

Well, no pop. I felt the rubber roll off of the tire [edit: or at least what felt like a roll off the tire]. I knew in the first second that this was a non-recoverable event. My first thought was to stay straight and to coast it to a stop on the rim. But after the dive to the left I was busy staying on top and keeping it from crossing into the opposite lanes. My mind's replay is like watching a movie plane crash from the cockpit. Suddenly the ground came up and the plane nosed in.

Thanks everyone! I'm enjoying the pulsing fingers of the TENS3000 unit. I'm in great shape all things considered but the back is protesting slightly. The Tens unit is a 9v massage. Get one, you'll love it!

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Originally Posted by GS-A-Day

Glad to hear that you are okay!

Were you able to figure out what happened to the front tire? Did you pick up a nail or another sharp object?

I looked as best I could, but could not determine the issue. The rim is bent and won't spin. Hard to inspect the whole surface. Several spokes are broken. The disks are bent and separating from their mounts.

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Originally Posted by GS-A-Day

What do you think, would the outcome have been different with a tubeless tire?

I don't know. Loss of air in either system is bad. Perhaps a tubeless rim would have held the tire because of its more substantial bead? Hard to say without a conclusive cause. As much as I want to know "why", I was very focused on getting her into the shop so that the estimate could be done. I will try to look again but the bike was hammered when it flipped so the evidence may not be available.

Thanks everyone! I'm enjoying the pulsing fingers of the TENS3000 unit. I'm in great shape all things considered but the back is protesting slightly. The Tens unit is a 9v massage. Get one, you'll love it!

I looked as best I could, but could not determine the issue. The rim is bent and won't spin. Hard to inspect the whole surface. Several spokes are broken. The disks are bent and separating from their mounts.

I don't know. Loss of air in either system is bad. Perhaps a tubeless rim would have held the tire because of its more substantial bead? Hard to say without a conclusive cause. As much as I want to know "why", I was very focused on getting her into the shop so that the estimate could be done. I will try to look again but the bike was hammered when it flipped so the evidence may not be available.